H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

וּתְהִ֗י (תְהִ֗י) te.Hi “you are”

This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.

הָי֞וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword, and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, became king in his place.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”

And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it was”

And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it was”

And your sons, even your offspring, will they take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.

וְהָיוּ֙ (הָיוּ֙) ha.Yu “they will be”

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. And he said in his heart, There will be peace and quiet in my days.

יִהְיֶ֛ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will become”

Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.

יִֽהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

יִהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.

יִהְיֶֽה׃ yih.Yeh “it will be”

Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and makes bread: he makes a god with it, to which he gives worship: he makes a pictured image out of it, and goes down on his face before it.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it belongs”

The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours; they will go after you; in chains they will come over: and they will go down on their faces before you, and wi

יִֽהְי֔וּ yih.Yu “they will belong”

Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.

הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they belong”

And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.

אֶהְיֶ֣ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.

הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they have become”

Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

הֱיוֹתָ֖הּ (הֱיוֹתָ֖) he.yo.Ta “happened”

If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And now, says the Lord, who made me his servant when I was still in my mother's body, so that I might make Jacob come back to him, and so that Israel might come together to him: and I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord, and my God became my strength.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he has been”

It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the ea

מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ֥ (הְיוֹתְ) h.yot. “being”לִֽהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.

וְהָי֨וּ (הָי֨וּ) ha.Yu “they will be”